Relax guys. If Lego can make things without functional ingress/egress features: you can too. You won't get disqualified for lack of a canopy hinge. The trick is the required photo of them at the controls if you decide to build something around your figure rather than something they'd climb into.

Solo wrote:You won't get disqualified for lack of a canopy hinge. The trick is the required photo of them at the controls if you decide to build something around your figure rather than something they'd climb into.

Good to know, all of this. I was wondering when you or one of the others (there ARE others, right? I'm new around here...) would say something about this.

During his routine visit from the 5th Dimension (He visits every 90 days) Mr. Mxyzptlk (said in a Gilbert Godfrey voice "Mix-yes-spit-lick") has learned of Superman's incapacitation by the Secret Crisis. Outraged that he will be unable to "prank" the Man of Steel, Mr. Mxyzptlk agrees to use his infinite 5th Dimensional powers to save the planet and become the hero of billions(only to be able to continue to annoy Superman). But appearantly there's some kind of mecha competition to attend to first...

Alright, I was wondering about this earlier today, so I figured I'd throw it out here.How exactly are the entries paired?Is it a completely random match-up or do the way the entries are submitted chose who you're lined up with?

onions wrote:Build Rules:Voting:Voting will occur in two phases. The first round will have two polls - one for all the Heroes, one for all the Villains. The top ranked robots will then be seeded into brackets, and head to head polls to select the champions will follow.

By seeded, they mean 1st place villain will be up against 16th villain (2nd vs 15th, 3rd vs 14th, etc...), of course this assumes there are 16 villains and 16 heroes.

crazybirdman wrote:SO what would happen if no one builds are hero? or there is a huge imbalance?

Solo wrote:That outcome seems unlikely, but if we have to deal with it we'll figure something out.

I actually don't think it's too unlikely. Sure, chances are there will be atleast a FEW hero mechs, but as it is, there have been none so far, mine is not a hero mech and neither is crazybirdman's, by the sounds of it. If there should end up being a huge imbalance, I suggest you just compile them all into one, instead of having it split heroes and villians as you had planned.

I'm sure there will be a decent number of hero mechs, there's still a month left till entry deadline. However, I think the idea of having a giant mech is more of a villain thing in the first place which is why we're seeing only villains so far.

Tired of Being known as "The Freak on the motorcycle", Johnny Blaze breaks tradition and runs away from the circus to get a fresh start on life.

Still pursued by all forms of evil spat out by Hell, a plan begins to form to let him enjoy a quiet life once again.With the help of Tony Stark, he ditches his motorcycle for something a bit on the nastier side.

And so the Storm Bringer was born.

Cockpit is a bit cramped, but who says you get to have a cool mech and a comfy ride? NOBODY, that's who!

Logan/Wolverine is designed as a movie version (hence the lack of blue/yellow spandex) and is comprised of the official minifig head/hair/claws on a black jedi body. (I don't really do custom minifigs)

The Mech is fully articulated and posable, including being able to stand on its hind legs without assistance. The friction arm cylinders on the legs are functional, they are needed to make the thing to stand up. There is a lot of detail on the sides and back end that don't show up in one main shot - I had lots of fun with greebles and hoses sitting under the 'ribs'. This is my first proper mech and is more inspired by the Ravage transformer style mechanical rather than traditional Battletech style hardsuits. Many more pics at my flickr site, including the standing up on hind legs version. I hope you enjoy!

PS Special thanks to my dog Winston (English Staffordshire Bull Terrier) whom I used as a model for the legs and feet

murphquake wrote:...what are the purple slopes on the cockpit from? great job!

Thanks. I didn't know when I got them, they were just from an assortment I picked a few parts out of via someone in my LUG. Bricklink says they were from the Green Goblin glider from 2002. http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=41747px1 I was going to rub off the purple for use in other stuff, but it looked much better than plain grey wedges on the head.